ΗΛΚΑΝΑ, ηλκανα
ĒLKANA, ēlkana
Sounds Like: hel-KAH-nah
Translations: Elkanah
From the root: ΗΛΚΑΝΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun, a transliteration of a Hebrew personal name. It means 'God has created' or 'God has possessed'. It is commonly found in the Old Testament, referring to several individuals, most notably the father of the prophet Samuel.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1661 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Chronicles — 15:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΗΛΚΑΝΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΗΛʼΚΑΝΑ — Elkanah
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